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78553

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Green Climate Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will ensure that the UK's financial contribution to the Green Climate Fund is announced at the Climate Summit in September 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	206110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK government considers all resource mobilisations in terms of impact and value for money for the British taxpayer. Any announcements are timed to encourage international donors to step up to the plate.</p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone grouped question UIN 206291 question first answered 21/07/2014 12:18:23 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

838451

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Waste Management
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if the Government will commit to increasing the proportion of overseas development aid spent on waste management to at least 3 per cent in line with the recommendations of Global Waste Management Outlook.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	127273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The UK is already providing international development support to multilateral funds that are tackling the problem of plastic pollution and waste management, including the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and the Global Environment Facility.</p><p> </p><p>DFID also carries out broader work on waste management and urban planning in developing countries – this work helps support a reduction in the amount of plastics entering the marine environment.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the 25 Year Environment Plan, the Government is considering what more can be done to tackle waste effectively, including plastics waste. The issue will also be on the agenda for this year’s Commonwealth Summit being held here in the UK. There are no plans to set a spending target on waste management, but the International Development Secretary is engaging other Government Departments, to seek out new and innovative ways for DFID to work with them to solve critical global challenges, including plastic pollution and environmental protection.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 127274 127275 question first answered 20/02/2018 18:01:10 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

838453

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Waste Management
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2018 to Question 120567, what steps she plans to take to increase, and extend the impact of, the support her Department is providing for improving waste collection services and ending open dumping and burning in developing countries.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	127275
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The UK is already providing international development support to multilateral funds that are tackling the problem of plastic pollution and waste management, including the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and the Global Environment Facility.</p><p> </p><p>DFID also carries out broader work on waste management and urban planning in developing countries – this work helps support a reduction in the amount of plastics entering the marine environment.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the 25 Year Environment Plan, the Government is considering what more can be done to tackle waste effectively, including plastics waste. The issue will also be on the agenda for this year’s Commonwealth Summit being held here in the UK. There are no plans to set a spending target on waste management, but the International Development Secretary is engaging other Government Departments, to seek out new and innovative ways for DFID to work with them to solve critical global challenges, including plastic pollution and environmental protection.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 127273 127274 question first answered 20/02/2018 18:01:10 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

838452

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Development Aid: Waste Management
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of increasing the proportion of overseas development aid spent on waste management to at least three percent on (a) public health, (b) environmental pollution, (c) reducing the amount of plastic entering the marine environment and (d) meeting her Department’s Leave No One Behind agenda.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	127274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The UK is already providing international development support to multilateral funds that are tackling the problem of plastic pollution and waste management, including the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and the Global Environment Facility.</p><p> </p><p>DFID also carries out broader work on waste management and urban planning in developing countries – this work helps support a reduction in the amount of plastics entering the marine environment.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the 25 Year Environment Plan, the Government is considering what more can be done to tackle waste effectively, including plastics waste. The issue will also be on the agenda for this year’s Commonwealth Summit being held here in the UK. There are no plans to set a spending target on waste management, but the International Development Secretary is engaging other Government Departments, to seek out new and innovative ways for DFID to work with them to solve critical global challenges, including plastic pollution and environmental protection.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 127273 127275 question first answered 20/02/2018 18:01:10 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

748565

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Sanitation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the relationship between clean water and sanitation in schools and school attendance in developing countries.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	3221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>There is limited evidence on the relationship between clean water and sanitation in schools and school attendance. A systematic review funded by DFID in 2011 found insufficient evidence to demonstrate this link. A more recent review (2015) found that hand hygiene measures might decrease absence and improve health. One trial, relating only to Kenya, found that provision of hygiene promotion, water treatment and sanitation reduced girls’ absenteeism from school by 58% in some study areas. We do know from experience through our programmes that water and clean, sex-specific toilets can be important factors in school attendance, particularly for adolescent girls. We are therefore funding significant research through SHARE (a consortium led by London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) into ways of maximising the impacts of water, sanitation and hygiene investments on health and school attendance.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 10/07/2017 16:23:50 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

705683

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Forests
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial support her Department plans to provide to support forest governance in developing countries in (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18, (c) 2018-19 and (d) 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	65758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>In financial year 2016-17 DFID expects to spend approximately £55 million to ensure better governance and management of forests. Future funding plans are subject to agreement by ministers.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 02/03/2017 17:25:24 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

49502

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what international progress has been made towards establishing the Green Climate Fund ahead of the UN's climate summit in Lima; and when she expects this fund to be ready for capitalisation.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	197478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Green Climate Fund Board has agreed a list of eight operational policies needed to complete the design of the fund, with a view to taking decisions at the next Board meeting in May. The Board will also decide the next steps towards a contributions process, with a view to enabling pledges by the meeting in Lima.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

882555

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	United Nations: Internally Displaced People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with her counterparts at the United Nations on the inclusion of provisions on protection for internally displaced people in UN compacts on refugees and migration.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	135617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>Given the UN Compacts are focused specifically on refugees and migration, there may be limited scope to ensure the specific needs of internally displaced people are addressed within these particular frameworks. However, there should be common lessons to apply in terms of the importance of a longer term development response to displacement and we are considering other opportunities to raise the profile of the issue and galvanise international efforts in 2018. For example, the UK is supportive of the idea of a UN High Level Panel on internally displaced people to assess the effectiveness of the current response to internal displacement and galvanise further political and operational action. We are discussing this closely with other interested States and UN agencies.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/04/2018 09:32:00 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1052294

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Waste: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with her counterparts in (a) India and (c) Africa on UK waste exports to those countries; and what assessment her Department has made of the health and environmental effects of the methods used to dispose of or process such waste.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	215128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>I have had no recent discussions with counterparts in India or Africa on UK waste exports to those countries and my Department has made no assessment of the health and environmental effects of the methods used to dispose of or process such waste.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is responsible for international engagement on waste exports.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for International Development is supporting better management of waste produced domestically within India and some African countries. This is through our £13 million programme on Tackling Waste and Plastic Pollution, through the UK’s £250 million of support to the current replenishment of the Global Environment Facility, and through support to other multilaterals assisting countries with waste management, such as the World Bank’s National Ganga River Basin Project in India.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 05/02/2019 17:36:24 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

48619

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to (a) prevent forced displacement induced by climate change and (b) otherwise assist affected populations.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	196590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK's £3.87 billion International Climate Fund (ICF), managed by DFID, aims, amongst other things, to prevent climate induced migration in two ways. Firstly, by providing support for emissions reductions to limit the levels of climate change. This is by far the most effective way of reducing the numbers of people displaced by climate change.</p><p> </p><p>Secondly, providing 50% of ICF funds to help over 20 million of the most climate vulnerable people adapt to the impacts of climate change and avoid being displaced. For example; reducing the impacts of floods and droughts, introducing climate resilient crops, and providing insurance against climate induced crop failures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy